Shantikamalakara 3.1.11

3.1.11

in offerings, in effort, in dakṣiṇās, and in fruit. The invocation and dismissal of the household deities are as before. The fire oblation mantras are as stated before, as is the case for the bath and the gifting. Understand this special detail regarding the fire pit, pavilion, and altars: In the koṭihoma, with effort, [the pit should be] four cubits [wide] and square, furnished with two vulva-shaped openings, and they say that it too has three stepped borders.’ ‘One vulva-shaped opening is in the west, the other in the south’—so it is stated in Hemādri and the Madanaratna. ‘And the altar in the koṭihoma should be four spans [in size], square all around, and covered with three cloths. The size of the raised edge is as stated before, as is the height of the platform. And the four-faced pavilion should be sixteen cubits [in extent]. Stationing at the eastern door a Rigvedic priest who has mastered the Veda, a Yajurvedic priest is to be stationed at the southern [door], a Samavedic priest at the western, and likewise the wise man should station an Atharvavedic priest at the northern door. Eight brāhmaṇas who know the Veda and the auxiliary disciplines of the Veda are to be invited for the fire oblation; having gathered twelve brāhmaṇas in total, he should worship them with devotion using garments, garlands, ointments, and all kinds of ornaments, as before. Reciting the Rātrisūkta, the Raudrasūkta, the Pāvamānasūkta, the Sumaṅgalasūkta, and the propitiatory hymn of Rigvedic verses, he should sit facing north at the eastern door. At the southern door, he should have the excellent Yajurvedic priest recite the hymn to Indra, to Soma, to Rudra, the Kūṣmāṇḍa hymns, and the propitiatory hymn. O King, at the western door the chanter of the Sāmaveda should recite the Sauvarṇa, the Madhyama, the hymn to Agni, the Rudrasaṃhitā, the Jyeṣṭhasāman, and the propitiatory chant. At the northern door, O King, the knower of the Atharvaveda should recite the Śāntisūkta, the hymn to Sūrya, the auspicious Śākunika hymn, and the Pauṣṭika hymn. The fire oblation is to be performed there by eight brāhmaṇas as before; and the mantras for the bath and gifting are the very same, O best of sages. And the procedure for the continuous stream of wealth (vasordhārā) is taught to be just like in the lakṣahoma. One who performs the koṭihoma according to this rule obtains all desires and then goes to the realm of Viṣṇu.